The
Branch press release announcing the event delivered not only contributions
which paid for program printing at a surplus, but also scored KOLO
TV-8 news in addition to the following.Great work, everyone.FEATURE STORY: STATE OF HEALTHReno-Sparks
NAACP hosts new annual symposium to discuss health careBy Jeri Chadwell / News Editor / Reno
News & Review 2-20-2020

RENO  The Reno-Sparks NAACP's major Black History
Month event happens this Saturday at the University of Nevada.the Reno-Sparks Branch's Inaugural Health & Environmental/Climate
Justice Symposium.

Blue
chip
panels
of experts will speak and answer green
questions on the (figuratively and literally)burning health issues of our
time.

Attendance is free and lunch will be provided at no charge for the
first 100 who make reservations at (775) 322-2992. Attendees may
park at no charge in the nearby Brian Whalen or Stadium
West garages.

After event
expenses, proceeds will be earmarked for the Branch scholarship
fund.

The Reno-Sparks Branch is one of only 10 affiliates in the nation
to receive foundational funding through a grant from the newly established
NAACP Environmental/Climate Justice Program. Local sponsors
include the UNR School of Medicine's Sanford Center on Aging,
the City of Reno and the Washoe County Health District.

Reno-Sparks Branch No 1112 will celebrate its founding at its 75th
Anniversary Freedom Fund Dinner this coming October. An array
of other events involving the US Census, voter education and registration,
among others, will be announced as they are finalized. Next up:
Nevada César Chávez
Day XVIII, May 30, 2020, at the Atlantis Resort.

Hot
off the press: "The Westside Slugger"The life and times biography of Joseph
M. Neal, Jr.Nevada's first African-American
senator
By Nevada Press Association Hall of Famer John L. SmithPublished
in January 2019 by the University
of Nevada Press